02/09/2026
"I can't go to the pool with these belly rolls.", she said pinching her stomach together, clearly frustrated with it.
I was about 8 when I heard that from my close friend who was around 10/11.
We were taking a bath together, and I was telling her how excited I was to go to the pool. I loved frolicking in the water as a child, and I could not for the life of me understand what her belly rolls had to do with playing in the pool. 🤨
This memory always strikes me as incredibly powerful because it depicts a very distinct line between my friend who had internalized the male gaze, and little girl me who hadn't yet learned to do so.
Fast forward to only a couple of years later, and I had learned to suck in my belly AT ALL TIMES.
This habit would continue well into my twenties and the amount of conscious effort it took to unlearn that behavior is something that will forever make me want to scream. 🤬
I am sharing this to shed light on the fact that patriarchy conditions girls form a very young age that their bodies must be fit for the consumption of the male gaze.
Most girls lose all semblance of sovereignty and true care for their bodies as they they subconsciously internalize the idea that they exist ONLY IN RELATION to being "sexy" for men.
Instead of developing what should be an embodied connection to their erotic energy and its vast properties of wisdom, vitality and power, what gets developed instead, is a conditioned response to outsource their value through male approval and consumption.
This distorts not only their relationship to their own pleasure and s.exuality, but also their sense of value, confidence and place in the world as a woman.
As they get older little girls become women who feel:
👉disconnected from their female bodies
👉reluctant to name their needs and boundaries during intimacy
👉confused about what their desires even are
👉apologetic or "pushing through" their cycle
👉ashamed of their female body (especially v***a, breasts and of course the fu***ng belly rolls)
✨But here's the thing I want you to remember love.
Patriarchy in its infinite brutalization of the female psyche, cannot truly undo what is REAL.
And what is real is that:
❤️🔥your female body is a wonder
❤️🔥your pleasure is medicine
❤️🔥your confidence has the power to change not only your experience in bed, but your overall life and yes the actual world.
But to uncover and access that truth deep within our bones we need permission, support, guidance and community.
And thats why the Self Intimacy Wh♡re offers exists.
As a safe space to remember your pleasure is YOUR OWN FIRST, before it's shared with anyone else.
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